Challenges in High-Altitude Region Logistic Transportation Business

If logistics personnel need to transport materials to a designated high-altitude position when roads are inaccessible, they need to go across rivers, valleys, mountain peaks, and other complicated terrains and a walking supply takes a week, which leads to rotting of many fresh vegetables at arrival.

Less number of deployed helicopters, a lack of an appropriate take-off and landing point, greater risks during continuous mission implementation by pilots, and higher material transportation cost exist in material transportation by manned helicopters.

Terrains in high-altitude regions are complicated, wind is strong, weathers are changeable, and snow and icing exist in winter in high-altitude regions. Furthermore, normal flight duration of small UAVs is less.

Mountains and peaks are strewn in random in high-altitude regions. During a course from a material supply point at a low altitude to a target supply point, intervisibility between UAVs and ground control station may be impossible due to blocking by mountains.

UAV Application Advantages

UAV has the characteristics of high-altitude take-off and landing capability, great load capacity, control stability, and easy operation and are capable of accurate delivery within a certain distance carrying materials.

Great-load UAVs support one-station multi-vehicle operation and formation flight, and they require less ground operators and have no risk of casualties. Their comprehensive transportation cost is far lower than that of manned helicopters.

Great-load UAVs are characterized with stronger adaptability to adverse environments and capable of normal take-off, landing, and flight in rain or snow weather and in sandstorm or strong wind environment so that full-time transportation is guaranteed.

UAVs are configured with high-precision satellite positioning and navigation equipment, dual-light pod, and altitude and range measurement sensors so that they can normally implement missions according to the preset programs in case of interrupted data links without influences of terrain blocking.